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  • n  a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings

  • The highest-ranking official to put forward this version of events is the European Union's rapporteur on piracy and a former commander of the Estonian armed forces, Admiral Tarmo .
  • Finance Minister, Joseph Caillaux; rapporteur of the Senate Finance Committee, Henry Berenger; rapporteur of the Budget of the Chamber of Deputies, Lucien Lamoreux; Deputies .
  • The rapporteur of the Naval Commission observed.
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  • Embattled UN investigator says he won't step aside
    GENEVA — A United Nations special investigator said Tuesday his reputation is being smeared and he won't resign, despite calls for his ouster over provocative remarks about terrorism, the United States and Israeli policy. Richard Falk, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, told reporters in Geneva that he is only doing his job, and "it's important to ...
    June 11, 2013 - Boston Herald
  • B’nai B’rith Addresses Anti-Israel U.N. Human Rights Council Session
    B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International spoke before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva during the anti-Israel “agenda item 7” session. B’nai B’rith addressed UNHRC special rapporteur Richard Falk’s appalling recent comments blaming the Boston Marathon bombings on the United States’ foreign policy and urged his removal ...
    June 11, 2013 - Worldwide Faith News
  • UN Official Exposes "Massive Scale" Torture of Palestinians
    The UN's Richard Falk demanded an international investigation into torture of Palestinians in Israeli prisons in an address to the UN Human Rights Council Monday. The Princeton professor and UN Special Rapporteur gave a chilling report on "massive scale" mistreatment of Palestinians, highlighting: read more
    June 11, 2013 - CommonDreams.org
Quotes

  • Ban Ki-moon in Washington Post
    Commenting on Cuba and Belarus, the UN statement said Ban noted "that not having a Special Rapporteur assigned to a particular country does not absolve that country from its obligations under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
  • Ignacio Bunye in GMA news.tv
    Last year, the United Nations Special Rapporteur described the underlying institutional and structural discrimination that Maori have long suffered recommending that more resources should be put at the disposal of Maori education at all levels,... Te Ururoa Flavell http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Ururoa_Flavell&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH0cdWkynLio7Pri1iAga3CQyCUFw New Zealand Herald http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm%3Fc_id%3D1%26objectid%3D10423536&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGYYZeJ87j0DZGRFSv8pAXbZxFMLw Feb 11, 2007 80315 108297 rapporteur The report is in and the findings of the UN envoy have been added to the body of evidence. We welcome the report and the insights of the rapporteur and believe that these events are a positive step forward in stopping violence against journalists...

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